Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and retains almost all of

and retains almost all of its original gilt finish

On her third and last patrol she was torpedoed by the German U-Boat U-27 with the loss of all hands

Pope suffered a gun shot wound to his back (spine) on October 10

the inside lined in navy blue velvet in the centre

Spain, Franco Period. A German-Made Order of Military Merit, III. Class Star, c.1940 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and retains almost all of(Cruces del Mrito Militar). Instituted August 3rd, 1864. (c. 1940 issue). Type VI. An eight pointed gilded bronze multi faceted star with a large white enameled gilded Greek Cross with silvered rampant lions and castle towers in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a central enameled the obverse with a central emblem bearing the coat of arms of Castile, Len, Aragon, Navarre, and Granada, topped by a gilt bar to bear the date